2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, business, management and marketing students earned 11,476 degrees and certificates from a Washington school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Washington to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Business, Management & Marketing
Our 2023 rankings named Washington State University the best value school in Washington for business, management and marketing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $13,740 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 5 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Gonzaga University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Gonzaga is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Spokane.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Gonzaga are $14,878 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW Seattle are $17,754 per year.
UW Seattle did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend City University of Seattle. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. CityU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CityU are $11,812 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwest University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Northwest University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Kirkland.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Northwest University are $19,055 a year.
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Request InformationBest Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Far Western US Region
Explore all the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 82,945 |
| Oregon | 5,629 |
| Hawaii | 1,878 |
| Nevada | 3,318 |
| Alaska | 621 |
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| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 416,590 |
| Accounting | 99,265 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 57,778 |
| General Business/Commerce | 56,042 |
| Marketing | 52,916 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 43,382 |
| Human Resource Management | 28,787 |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 19,119 |
| Hospitality Management | 17,689 |
| Management Information Systems | 13,680 |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 11,319 |
| International Business | 9,101 |
| Real Estate | 6,547 |
| General Sales & Marketing | 5,923 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 5,667 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 5,191 |
| Other Business, Management & Marketing | 4,822 |
| Construction Management | 3,846 |
| Insurance | 1,809 |
| Taxation | 1,547 |
| Business/Corporate Communications | 1,029 |
| Telecommunications Management | 55 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.
More about our data sources and methodologies.